Location
2310 San Gabriel Street
Austin, Texas 78705
United States
Date & Time
2:30pm CST - 4:00pm CST
About This Event
Travel back in time with your guide, archivist Jacqueline Smith-Francis, as she shares the history of Juneteenth celebrations in Austin using materials from the Austin History Center. Highlighting photographs, newspaper clippings, first-person accounts, and other sources about Austin’s ‘Emancipation Day’ celebrations, this lecture explores how individuals and community groups in Austin have commemorated, imagined, and shaped ideas of freedom, independence, and liberty for more than 160 years.
To attend online, register and receive the Zoom meeting link by email ahead of the lecture.
Tickets
$10 General Admission | $5 Student | $0 NCHM Members
About This Event
Travel back in time with your guide, archivist Jacqueline Smith-Francis, as she shares the history of Juneteenth celebrations in Austin using materials from the Austin History Center. Highlighting photographs, newspaper clippings, first-person accounts, and other sources about Austin’s ‘Emancipation Day’ celebrations, this lecture explores how individuals and community groups in Austin have commemorated, imagined, and shaped ideas of freedom, independence, and liberty for more than 160 years.
To attend online, register and receive the Zoom meeting link by email ahead of the lecture.
Tickets
$10 General Admission | $5 Student | $0 NCHM Members
Getting There
Neill-Cochran House Museum
2310 San Gabriel Street
Austin, Texas 78705
United States
Location
2310 San Gabriel Street
Austin, Texas 78705
United States
Date & Time
2:30pm CST - 4:00pm CST